NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology

NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
Type	Public; School of Engineering
Established	1985
Parent institution	Northern Illinois University
Dean	David Grewell
Location	Engineering Building; 590 Garden Road; DeKalb, Illinois 60115, U.S.
Website	www.niu.edu/ceet

NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology (NIU CEET) was established in 1985 and offers ABET and ATMAE accredited programs in engineering and engineering technology. The college offers degree programs in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial and systems engineering, engineering technology, and industrial technology.

History

Established in 1985, the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology is the youngest college on the Northern Illinois University (NIU) campus. CEET enrollment has increased every year despite a decrease in national enrollments.^[1]

Departments

Research

CEET faculty are engaged in a broad array of research sponsored by private industry and agencies such as:^[2]

Ongoing research addresses issues in Homeland Security, energy and environment, lean manufacturing, active noise and vibration control, supply chain management, biodegradable products, P-20, computational engineering, biomedical engineering, nanoscience, health systems engineering, wireless communications, power electronics, radio frequency, mechatronics, computational fluid dynamics, and more.^[3]

Facilities

Engineering Building: The main NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology building is designed to teach students concepts in the classroom.

Students also have access to laboratories featuring wind tunnels, a sound-proof acoustics testing chamber, and labs dedicated to work in fields like bio-signal analysis and electrodynamics.

Still Hall and Still Gym: The CEET Department of Technology is housed in the historic Still Hall and Still Gym. Opened in 1928, the buildings were among some of the first built on campus and originally housed a gymnasium, Industrial Arts Laboratories, classrooms, rooms for printing, book binding, metal work and mechanical drawing.

Today the buildings house 13 laboratories for students working on robotics, digital communications, plastics injection molding, pneumatics and hydraulics and rapid prototyping of mechanical parts. The buildings also include workshops for metal working and welding.

Computer Labs: Computer labs are located in each building.

Laboratories

CEET has 35 laboratories.^[4]

Omron Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory:^[5] In April 2013, the NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology unveiled its new Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory, paid for and equipped by the Omron Foundation.
Baxter Reliability Laboratory:^[6] The Baxter Reliability Laboratory is equipped to meet thermal, vibration and functional test requirements including a variety of product validation requirements, product robustness testing (HALT), electrical stress testing, and accelerated life testing. Additional Reliability functions provided include thermal analysis, reliability prediction, and warranty calculations.
Advanced Research of Materials and Manufacturing Laboratory:^[7]

Electrical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering & Sensor Laboratory
Digital Communications Laboratory
Digital Signal Processing Laboratory
General Computer Laboratory
Electrodynamics Laboratory
Integrated Circuit Design Laboratory
Microelectronics Research & Development Laboratory
Microwaves and Electromagnetics Laboratory
Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory
Electrical Engineering Design Laboratory
Undergraduate Laboratory

Industrial & Systems Engineering

Ergonomics (Human Factors) Laboratory
Lean Manufacturing Laboratory
Logistics Laboratory
Baxter Reliability Laboratory

Mechanical Engineering

Advanced Research of Materials and Manufacturing Laboratory
CAD/CAM Simulation and Fabrication Laboratory
Omron Robotics & Mechatronics Laboratory
Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Heat & Mass Transfer Laboratory
Materials Analysis Laboratory
Vibrations & Controls Laboratory
Computerized Data Acquisition and Laboratory
Macro/Micro Manufacturing Laboratory

Technology

Automation/PLC Computer
Digital and Communications Systems
Fluid Power
General Purpose Electronics
Machining Technology
Metrology
Numerical Machining Laboratory (CNC)
Plastics
Power Systems Lab
Prototyping
Welding and Joining

Rankings

The NIU College of Engineering and Engineering Technology is ranked 46th in the nation for public engineering institutions where master's degrees are the highest degree offered (US News and World Report).^[8]

References

41°56′23.7″N 88°45′45.4″W / 41.939917°N 88.762611°W / 41.939917; -88.762611

[1] ttp://www.niu.edu/ceet/about/dean/index.shtml ^{[bare URL]}

[2] ttp://www.niu.edu/ceet/research/index.shtml Archived 2007-08-26 at the Wayback Machine ^{[bare URL]}

[3] ttp://www.niu.edu/ceet/about/dean/index.shtml ^{[bare URL]}

[4] ttp://www.niu.edu/ceet/Facilities/index.shtml Archived 2017-04-09 at the Wayback Machine ^{[bare URL]}

[5] ttp://www.niu.edu/ceet/Facilities/Omron_Robotics_and_Mechatronics_Laboratory.shtml Archived 2014-07-15 at the Wayback Machine ^{[bare URL]}

[6] ttp://www.niu.edu/ceet/Facilities/Baxter.shtml ^{[bare URL]}

[7] ttp://www.niu.edu/ceet/Facilities/ARMM.shtml ^{[bare URL]}

[8] ttp://www.niu.edu/ceet/about/dean/index.shtml ^{[bare URL]}

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